Picture-frame



(No Model.)

I. F. PETERS.

PICTURE FRAME.

Patented Jan. 18 1887.

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FRANZ F. PETERS, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

PICTURE-FRAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 356,328, dated January18, 1-887.

Application filed Au gust 5, 1886.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANZ F. PETERS, of Milwaukee, in the county ofMilwaukee and in the State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Picture- Frames; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to picture-frames; and it consists in such anarticle made from a single piece of molding without waste, all thepieces necessary for such article being joined in such a manner that intheir united positions they thoroughly match each other and form a framewherein the corners are offsetted from the sides, as will be hereinafterdescribed with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1represents a front View of a picture- V frame, each having itsrespective ends cut on two opposite-angle faces, a b, of forty-fivedegrees each, the faces a of said parts meeting to form miter-joints, c,at the inner. corners of the frame. To each face of the angles 1), Imiter-join a narrow piece, 0, of the molding, so cut that when thusjoined its beads and grooves will match those of the corresponding mainor side piece, A, but be at right angles thereto, thus forming an offsetat the outer corners of the frame.

In order to square up the corners and complete the frame, I cut from themolding a series of right-angle triangle pieces, D, and miterjoin thesame together in pairs to make blocks that have their outer edges in theform of a right angle,and which I miter-join to the pieces 0, that havebeen previously united to the parts A.

Then the several pieces of molding have been joined as above described,the beads and grooves thereon will all match and the parts 0 D of eachcorner unite at d to form a common center. In case the inner edge of themolding is concavethe common center of each corner will be in the formof a concave depression, and should such edge be plain the de- SerialNo. 210,060. (No model.)

pression would correspond; but if said edge be convex these centerswould be elevated.

In the manufacture of frames according to my invention it requirestwenty pieces for each one thereof, these pieces being as follows: fourmain or side pieces, A, eight of the narrow ones, 0, and four each ofthe right-angle tri angle ones, D, all being joined together and held inplace by any suitable means. These pieces are all cut from a singlepiece of molding without waste; or, in other words, I employ therightangular pieces that are cut from the ends of the molding in theoperation of making frames in the usual manner, these pieces beingutilized to square up the offsetted corners, as above described.

By the construction. above described I not only am enabled to utilizeall the molding, but 7 easily broken or bent, thereby marring orotherwise injuring the beauty and value of said frame.

IVhile I have described my invention as constructed from molding havingits face provided with beads and grooves, it is obvious that anypicture-frame molding may be as readily employed.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, isj 1. A picture frame having thecorners thereof offset from the sides, said corners and sides being ofthe same molding and so matched and joined as to form a continuousarticle, as set forth.

2. A picture-frame made from twenty pieces pieces provided at theirrespective ends with opposite-angle faces, a series of narrow piecesjoined to the several outer faces of the main ones to form a right angleto each of the latter and a series of right-angle triangle pieces joinedIOO 5 forth.

together in pairs to form blocks'having right- I the county of Milwaukeeand State of Wise0nangular outer edges, and said blocks joined to sin,inthe presence of two witnesses. Opposing narrow pieces at each cornerof the FPAWV F 1 frame, substantially as and for the purpose set N L J\Vitnesses:

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I S. S. STOUT, have hereunto setmy hand, at Milwaukee, in E. G. AsMUs.

